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The Act of Killing 2012

Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer

All-time standing

#451 of 4,399

In the top 10% of movies

By scope

2010s #11 of 931 Top 1% 2012 #1 of 102 Top 1%

Ballots (48)

All time 4

Altyazı Sinema Dergisi

Altyazı Sinema Dergisi

  • Published 2025
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #6
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Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
The Irish Times

The Irish Times

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked

Decade 22

2010s

The Playlist

The Playlist

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #3
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IndieWire

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #4
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The Irish Times

The Irish Times

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #8
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A.V. Club

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #15
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The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #18
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #19
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #24
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #27
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Little White Lies

Little White Lies

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #32
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Vulture

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #38
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International Cinephile Society

International Cinephile Society

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #84
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Film Comment

Film Comment

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked
Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked
The Skinny

The Skinny

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked

Vulture

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Included, unranked

2000-2016

BBC

BBC

  • Published 2016
  • Decade list · 2000-2016
  • Ranked #14
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2000-2019

The Guardian

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2000-2019
  • Ranked #16
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2000-2022

Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2022
  • Decade list · 2000-2022
  • Ranked #3
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2000-2023

Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 2023
  • Decade list · 2000-2023
  • Included, unranked

2000-2025

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2025
  • Decade list · 2000-2025
  • Ranked #20
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New York Times

New York Times

  • Published 2025
  • Decade list · 2000-2025
  • Ranked #82
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Altyazı Sinema Dergisi

Altyazı Sinema Dergisi

  • Published 2025
  • Decade list · 2000-2025
  • Included, unranked

Year 22

Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones

Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #1
RogerEbert.com

RogerEbert.com

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #1
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #1
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The Guardian

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #1
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #1
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Grantland

Grantland

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #3
New York

New York

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #3
Film Comment Poll

Film Comment Poll

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #4
L Magazine

L Magazine

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #5

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #5

A.V. Club

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #6
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In Review Online

In Review Online

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #6

IndieWire

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #6
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The Dissolve

The Dissolve

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #6
Little White Lies

Little White Lies

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #8
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Time

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #8
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Reverse Shot

Reverse Shot

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #10
Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #14
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #16
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Ranked #42
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NPR

NPR

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
  • Included, unranked
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Slate

Slate

  • Published 2013
  • Year list · 2013
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